Undertaking a difficult task of rebuilding the party, Gadkari selected 11 vice-presidents, 10 general secretaries, 13 secretaries and six spokespersons for the party.

Actress Hema Malini was one of the new vice-presidents of the BJP, while former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu was inducted as a secretary. Young MP Varun Gandhi and actress Smriti Irani were also made secretaries along with R.P. Mehra and Santosh Gangwar.